Search on for missing canoeist

A 35 year-old man is missing after his canoe overturned in Antigonish County.

Local fire services and residents are searching the Old Breakwater area in Bayfield in the Northumberland Shore region.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax dispatched a Cormorant helicopter to assist with the search and rescue operation.

RCMP Cpl. Scott MacRae said two men were in the canoe when it overturned. He said one man made it to shore safely, but the second man remains missing. The man was first reported missing at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

MacRae said many local residents who know the area well were out on boats and assisting in the search.